Shropshire ( Salop) was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. It was split into North Shropshire and South Shropshire in 1832.
Boundaries The county limits.
History
Shropshire by the mid eighteenth century was seen as an independent county seat, controlled by the rank and file of the country gentry and tended to return Tory MPs despite the borough seats within Shropshire, and the dominant local Herbert and Clive families, being Whig.Pages 238 to 240,Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957) From 1753 onwards there was a compromise by which the Tory country gentlemen chose the County MPs while the Herberts chose for Shrewsbury.
Members of Parliament
Constituency created (1290)
MPs 1290–1653 ParliamentFirst memberSecond member 1298 Sir Peter de Eyton 1298 William de Hodnet 1301 Sir Peter de Eyton 1305 Sir Richard de Harley 1307 ? Ludlow 1309 Roger Corbet of Caus 1312–1318 Robert de Leighton 1320 Sir William de Sondford, Kt 1328 ? Ludlow 1337 ? Hopton 1361 ? Ludlow 1364 ? Hopton 1369–1383 Brian Cornwall (6 times) 1371–1382 Sir Robert Kendale (5 times) 1373 ? Ludlow 1377 ? Ludlow 1377 Sir William Chetwynd 1378 Edward Acton 1380 Sir Peter Carswell 1382 Sir Peter Carswell 1382 (Oct)Edward Acton 1384 (Apr)Edward Acton 1384 (Nov) Edward Acton 1385 Thomas Lee of South Bache in DiddleburySir William Hugford 1386 Edward Acton Hamon Peshale 1388 (Feb) Sir William Hugford Sir Richard Ludlow 1388 (Sep) Edward Acton Sir Hugh Cheyne 1390 (Jan) Thomas Lee of South Bache in Diddlebury Sir Richard Ludlow 1390 (Nov) Thomas Whitton Sir Richard Ludlow 1391 Sir Hugh Cheyne Sir Roger Corbet 1393John Darras Sir William Hugford 1394 Sir Adam Peshale Sir William Hugford 1395 John Longford Thomas Young 1397 (Jan) William Lee I Fulk Sprenghose 1397 (Sep) Richard Chelmswick Sir Fulk Pembridge 1399 John Burley Thomas Young 1401 John Burley Sir Hugh Cheyne 1402 Sir John Cornwall Sir Adam Peshale 1404 (Jan) John Burley George Hawkstone 1404 (Oct) John Burley John Darras 1406 David Holbache Thomas Whitton 1407 Sir John Cornwall David Holbache 1410 John Burley David Holbache 1411 John Burley Sir Adam Peshale 1413 (Feb) 1413 (May) Robert Corbet Richard Lacon 1414 (Apr) David Holbache John Wele 1414 (Nov) David Holbache Richard Lacon 1415 Hugh Burgh George Hawkstone 1416 (Mar) Hugh Burgh Edward Sprenghose 1416 (Oct) 1417 William Burley Richard Fox 1419 William Burley Robert Corbet 1420 William Burley John Wynnesbury 1421 (May) William Burley Hugh Burgh 1421 (Dec) Sir Richard Lacon John Stapleton 1422 William Burley Hugh Burgh 1423 Sir Richard Lacon 1425 William Burley Hugh Burgh 1427 William Burley 1429 William Burley Roger Corbet (died 1430) 1431 William BurleySir Richard Lacon 1432 William Burley John Wynnesbury 1433 William BurleySir Richard Lacon 1437 William Burley 1439 William Burley 1442 William Burley 1445 William Burley 1449 (Nov) William Burley 1450 William Burley 1455 William Burley 1485 Sir Thomas Leighton 1491 Sir Gilbert Talbot Sir Richard Corbet 1510–1523No names known 1529 Sir Thomas Cornwall John Blount 1536 Richard Trentham ? 1539 Richard Mytton John Corbet 1542 1545 Sir George Blount Richard Mytton 1547 Sir George Blount Richard Newport 1553 (Mar) Richard Mytton Thomas Vernon 1553 (Oct) Richard Mytton Edward Leighton 1554 (Apr) William Charlton Francis Kynaston 1554 (Nov) Richard Mytton William Gatacre 1555 Sir Andrew Corbet Sir Henry Stafford 1558Richard Corbet Thomas Fermor 1559 (Jan) Sir Andrew Corbet Sir Arthur Mainwaring 1562–1563 Richard Corbet, died and replaced 1566 by Robert Corbet Sir Edward Leighton 1571 Sir George Blount George Bromley 1572 (Apr) George Bromley George Mainwaring 1584 (Nov) Walter Leveson Francis Bromley 1586 (Oct) Richard Corbet II Walter Leveson 1588 (Nov) (Sir) Walter Leveson Richard Leveson 1593 Francis Newport II Sir Robert Needham 1597 (Sep) Sir Henry Bromley Thomas Leighton 1601 (Sep) John Egerton Roger Owen 1604 Sir Richard Leveson Sir Robert Needham 1606 Sir Roger Owen Sir Robert Needham 1614 Sir Roger Owen Sir Richard Newport 1621 Sir Robert Vernon Sir Francis Kynaston 1624 Sir Richard Newport Sir Andrew Corbet 1625 Sir Richard Newport Sir Andrew Corbet 1626 Sir Rowland Cotton Sir Richard Leveson 1628 Sir Richard Newport Sir Andrew Corbet 1629–1640 No Parliaments convened 1640 (Apr) William Pierrepont Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet 1640 (Nov) Sir Richard Lee, 2nd Baronet, disabled Sep 1642 Sir Richard Newport. ennobled 1642 1645 Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, of Stoke upon Tern Humphrey Edwards 1648 Humphrey Edwards one member only 1653 William Bottrell Thomas Baker
MPs 1654–1660
ParliamentFirst memberSecond memberThird memberFourth member 1654 Humphrey Mackworth snr. Thomas Mytton Robert Corbet Philip Young 1658 Thomas Mackworth Samuel More Andrew Lloyd Philip Young 1659 Thomas Mackworth Philip Young two members only
MPS 1660–1832
YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party 1660Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet Henry Vernon 1661 Sir Francis Lawley Sir Richard Ottley 1670Hon. Richard Newport Whig1679Sir Vincent Corbet, 2nd Baronet 1681William Leveson-Gower 1685Edward Kynaston John Walcot 1689Hon. Richard Newport Whig1698Sir Edward Leighton 1699Robert Lloyd Jan. 1701Sir Humphrey Briggs Dec. 1701Richard Corbet 1702Roger Owen 1705Sir Robert Corbet Robert Lloyd 1708Lord Newport 1710John Kynaston Robert Lloyd 1713Lord Newport 1715Sir Robert Corbet 1722John Kynaston Robert Lloyd 1727John Walcot William Lacon Childe 1734Sir John Astley Corbet Kynaston 1740Richard Lyster 1766Charles Baldwyn 1772Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn 1774Noel Hill 1780Sir Richard Hill 1784John KynastonAssumed surname of Powell in 1797. Created a Baronet in 1818. 1806John Cotes 1821Rowland HillStyled Sir Rowland Hill, Bt, from 1824. 1822John Cressett-Pelham Constituency abolished (1832)
Elections
See also Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire#Historical constituencies List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies Unreformed House of Commons
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